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in the city. as nick explains bringing in a top cop with very big reputation. >> we have heard from our community members. we have heard their cry loud and clear. >>reporter: police chief jordan not pleased with the spike of crime in oakland. as of november robbery up 24 percent. burglary 43 percent. and to date there have been 127 homicides. >> that's way too many way too many on my watch. i don't want -- i want to change that. >> city manager and mayor at his side oakland top law enforcement officers introduced a two point plan to restrict gun violence and routes crime in oakland. crime fighting measures will include one contracting with the strategic policy partnership that is a group of senior policemanger with proven record of violence reduction. leading that team will be bob of boston and bill brad headed both new york city and los angeles police departments. no. 2, return to neighborhood policing. 5 distinct police district two in east oakland each of the 5 headed by captain and lieutenant.
in the city. as nick explains bringing in a top cop with very big reputation. >> we have heard from our community members. we have heard their cry loud and clear. >>reporter: police chief jordan not pleased with the spike of crime in oakland. as of november robbery up 24 percent. burglary 43 percent. and to date there have been 127 homicides. >> that's way too many way too many on my watch. i don't want -- i want to change that. >> city manager and mayor at his side...
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>>reporter: it's not in place yet but the city has agreed to set up a refund process for the over paid fines as required by state law. the audit also found the city lost out on half million dollars because of missed collection targets by parking control attendant. didn't write enough tickets in other words, >>> obama administration today proposed the expansion of 2 northern california marine sanction wares. decision permanently bans oil drilling along 50 miles of the calf coast line from sonoma county to mendocino you see that area on the map. today announcement marks the largest planned expansion of any national marine sanctuary in 20 years. along with ban on oil drilling. other new rules will go into effect including when cruise ship can rae lease sewage into the ocean. >> meteorite ex mroid employeded this spring over el dorado county was one of the fastest rarest meteorite to ever hit earth that's according to global team of scientist. including 9 from uc davis here picture of the sutter mill meteorite. it was the rarest type known to hit earth composed of cosmic dust and materials
>>reporter: it's not in place yet but the city has agreed to set up a refund process for the over paid fines as required by state law. the audit also found the city lost out on half million dollars because of missed collection targets by parking control attendant. didn't write enough tickets in other words, >>> obama administration today proposed the expansion of 2 northern california marine sanction wares. decision permanently bans oil drilling along 50 miles of the calf coast...
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the city yesterday. lack at what happened when local television station was interviewing a man as the twister hit. >> my god. my god. my god. are you okay? >> skaivrment everyone inside the home was all right than thankfully. to be was hit by debris flying when the roof collapsed. national weather service says the tornado had maximum winds estimated at about 90 miles an hour. freight engine. in an instant too. >> let's refocus on our weather. spencer is back with the rain and the cold. >> nothing scary coming our way just a little wet and cold. here's a time lapse view this afternoon from our high definition mount tam camera watch clouds at various level in the atmosphere moving inland and across the bay. clouds now producing rain fall as we continue live doppler 7 hd. spots of rainfall here and there. some moving in san francisco now past the golden gate. we have had some spotty showers in parts of marin county. it's light and widely scattered. state wide tomorrow many areas of shower activity and snow
the city yesterday. lack at what happened when local television station was interviewing a man as the twister hit. >> my god. my god. my god. are you okay? >> skaivrment everyone inside the home was all right than thankfully. to be was hit by debris flying when the roof collapsed. national weather service says the tornado had maximum winds estimated at about 90 miles an hour. freight engine. in an instant too. >> let's refocus on our weather. spencer is back with the rain and...
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cab in the city. jonathon bloom, abc7 news. >> and the time right now is 9:39. let's take a live look from our emeryville cam. it is going to have an isolated shower or two today, and the temperature will not climb much higher than 53 degrees. i have that from our meteorologist lisa argen who will be along with a full >>> and now more about the senseless shooting in connecticut. that state's governor tells abc news the school gunman committed suicide when he heard first responders coming. on abc's this week, governor daniel malloy raised the possibility that lanza planned a larger masacre than the one he carried out on friday when he used a high powered rifle to kill 20 children and six adults. >> he shot his way into the school. the school was locked. he used a weapon to open up the glass and then -- >> he blasted right through it, right? >> with a number of rounds. he discharged to make an opening and then went through it. went to the first classroom as you know, went to the second class m rue. we s
cab in the city. jonathon bloom, abc7 news. >> and the time right now is 9:39. let's take a live look from our emeryville cam. it is going to have an isolated shower or two today, and the temperature will not climb much higher than 53 degrees. i have that from our meteorologist lisa argen who will be along with a full >>> and now more about the senseless shooting in connecticut. that state's governor tells abc news the school gunman committed suicide when he heard first...
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>>reporter: city thoughtfully removed the ka rs for them. between the ticket impound fee and cab raid back the situation her can cost about 500 bucks. expensive lesson indeed. >> oh, >> what a mess there one last check on our weather. which is changing certainly but not severe. >> no. no. stressful is a good word for what we are looking at there. we have live doppler clear sky over the bay area. few cloud offshore. continue to advance in our direction but not quite here yet. some of the clouds will make it tomorrow. state wide we see cloud building up in the northern part of the state. southern california sunny and mild tomorrow high pressure in the 70's here in the bay area we see some sunshine but clouds will increase as we get later that the day. rain arrives tomorrow night. daytime high only in the mid upper 50's in the north bay where it is cloudy and cool and see a little bit more sun milder weather south bay east bay with high there in the low 60's. here's accu-weather 7 day forecast. rain arrives tomorrow night. continue nasa wednesd
>>reporter: city thoughtfully removed the ka rs for them. between the ticket impound fee and cab raid back the situation her can cost about 500 bucks. expensive lesson indeed. >> oh, >> what a mess there one last check on our weather. which is changing certainly but not severe. >> no. no. stressful is a good word for what we are looking at there. we have live doppler clear sky over the bay area. few cloud offshore. continue to advance in our direction but not quite here...
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real estate brokers say the name change reflects the revitalization of the city. new restaurants and old sturdy homes are attracting new families. he likes the name noby. he is selling this home in emeryville for $849,000. its block away from the oakland border. >> didn't think of it as a name change. its creation of a district or giving it an identity. >> the area has been known as golden gate district. a partner o at cupcake shop. >> i don't think it needs to change. i think the neighborhood will be grow and the name can stay. >> they plan to fight the name change and there is no telling whether or not whether noby will catch on like soma did for south of district neighborhood. >> california man who killed several family members is dead tonight. police say three people were killed the shooter's mother and two uncles. investigators don't know what led to the shooting. they tracked him down using a cellphone signal. they exchanged fire. his two young daughters they found in his vehicle that had been shot. his son was also injured. >> the president and house speake
real estate brokers say the name change reflects the revitalization of the city. new restaurants and old sturdy homes are attracting new families. he likes the name noby. he is selling this home in emeryville for $849,000. its block away from the oakland border. >> didn't think of it as a name change. its creation of a district or giving it an identity. >> the area has been known as golden gate district. a partner o at cupcake shop. >> i don't think it needs to change. i think...
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the city's 46 homicide of the year. police responded to reports of a man with a gun on lewis road and wall street, east of highway 87 in south san jose. when officers arrived they found a man who had been shot to death. the investigation is in the early stages. a news crew is on the scene more details as soon as they become available. >> skwhraoping right now, a judge has just reduced detail for the san francisco woman charged with killing a pedestrian in a hit-and-run accident. 23-year-old gina eunice was just arraigned on felony vehicular manslaughter, dui and hit-and-run this is last week. police say she hit four pedestrians at twin peaks lookout december 13th. one victim thrown down a hill, another victim, a 56-year-old woman died at the hospital. investigators say eunice left the scene. others found her damaged car a short distance away. the judge has reduced her bail from two million dollars to one million dollars. if she makes bail she will face mandatory monitoring. >>> oakland police investigator going through
the city's 46 homicide of the year. police responded to reports of a man with a gun on lewis road and wall street, east of highway 87 in south san jose. when officers arrived they found a man who had been shot to death. the investigation is in the early stages. a news crew is on the scene more details as soon as they become available. >> skwhraoping right now, a judge has just reduced detail for the san francisco woman charged with killing a pedestrian in a hit-and-run accident....
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subway service to the city and sent immune nye chaos and stranded thousands of passengers who didn't know what was happening. >> been here grave minutes. very painful. >>reporter: how are you feeling about this whole thing. >> very upset. it's sad what happened to the lady but very upsetting that i'm not home yet. >>reporter: bus shuttle activated but riders say those were few and far between. and totally packed with riders. >> i'm trying to figure out how to get home now frustrating. they said they'll have shuttle out i don't know what that means. >>reporter: muni told passengers to be patient. >> there's significant dray throughout the subway because nothing is running. there is no power. we are working to fix it as soon as possible. >>reporter: muni says the blown transformer possibly blamed on this weekend storm. it's working to restore power to the subway train and hopes to restore all the trains by the morning commute. meantime the victim who was struck by a trolley train is in critical condition tonight. police are investigating. live in san francisco tonight, abc 7 news it al
subway service to the city and sent immune nye chaos and stranded thousands of passengers who didn't know what was happening. >> been here grave minutes. very painful. >>reporter: how are you feeling about this whole thing. >> very upset. it's sad what happened to the lady but very upsetting that i'm not home yet. >>reporter: bus shuttle activated but riders say those were few and far between. and totally packed with riders. >> i'm trying to figure out how to get...
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of the city's central subway plan. muni chief wants to extent the central line through chinatown north along stockton street into north beach. he wants a station built at old pagoda theater on columbus and powell. north beach residents have been vocal about the disruption. the current plan calls for tunneling to extend into the area so drilling boards can be brought to the surface, but -- but it does not include a station there. he says depends on funding. >>> the white house is waiting for the next move from congressional republicans. the president released this new campaign-style video overnight calling for tax relief for working families. both sides remain far apart. without a deal, nearly every american will pay more income tax between $2,000 and $2400 for the average family. democrats want tax increases to kick in for the wealthy. republicans have drawn a line in the sand on raising tax rates. >>> in less than an hour the moraga teen denied an eagle scout award because he's gay will be honored by the california st
of the city's central subway plan. muni chief wants to extent the central line through chinatown north along stockton street into north beach. he wants a station built at old pagoda theater on columbus and powell. north beach residents have been vocal about the disruption. the current plan calls for tunneling to extend into the area so drilling boards can be brought to the surface, but -- but it does not include a station there. he says depends on funding. >>> the white house is...
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pr the city of 0oakland by. to see a chap in the weather once again. sandy is here with live doppler 7 hd. >> yes dan. we are already seeing signs of change in the form of clouds. we will be seeing rain by tomorrow afternoon in some spots let's check out live doppler 7 hd clouds moving in and high level clouds. check out the computer animation 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. we are going to see rain in the north bay possibly snow indicated by the blue way to the north around lake couldn't and the mountains. rain snow mix certainly possible down around ukiah and 7:00 p.m. rain in the north bay around the santa cruz mountains didn't reach all areas. skirting the coast and keeping it in the north bay by 11:00 p.m. rain light to moderate intensity in the east bay. will you be able to put the umbrella away for the weekend plan and what does new year's day look like. the answers coming up. >> those are key question. subject of new year new tonigh tonight. heading that san francisco over the new year holiday you need a parking spo
pr the city of 0oakland by. to see a chap in the weather once again. sandy is here with live doppler 7 hd. >> yes dan. we are already seeing signs of change in the form of clouds. we will be seeing rain by tomorrow afternoon in some spots let's check out live doppler 7 hd clouds moving in and high level clouds. check out the computer animation 4:00 p.m. tomorrow. we are going to see rain in the north bay possibly snow indicated by the blue way to the north around lake couldn't and the...
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the city investigated and found the display violated city law. palo alto does not allow displays on rooftops like this. izzy's manager says they most likely will take it down this weekend. >> we are expecting big changes in weather. >> sandhya patel is tracking it on radar. >> dan and carolyn, we do have some rain and could see some snow over the highest peaks. let's check our radar, and it is tracking some rain. it is picking up around fremont as you notice here. yellows and dark greens and paseo parkway, and it is coming down around a highway 84. in sunnyvale it raining, and it is moderate. one tweet "raining in sunnyvale and pretty hard too." and that is connish ifed by our our -- confirmed. cupertino getting light returns at this hour. up to the north we go. between petaluma and novato and out toward the lakeville highway. some lighter returns, but i am seeing reports of light rain from half moon bay to san carlos and sf t.o. and reports around oakland as well. and as you look at the sierra nevada it is switching to snow. this is a cold storm
the city investigated and found the display violated city law. palo alto does not allow displays on rooftops like this. izzy's manager says they most likely will take it down this weekend. >> we are expecting big changes in weather. >> sandhya patel is tracking it on radar. >> dan and carolyn, we do have some rain and could see some snow over the highest peaks. let's check our radar, and it is tracking some rain. it is picking up around fremont as you notice here. yellows and...
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city hall in portland opened at midnight give out the first marriage license. voters approved gay marriage in november in maine. similar law in maryland takes effect january 1st couple days from now. already legal in washington state. those 3 states were the if is to approve gay marriage by popular vote. >> just ahead here. details with the new year's resolution perhaps? guess what? there's an app for that. new back in the day, we didn't have the u-verse wireless receiver. [ light laugh ] the tv stayed in one place... mmmmhmmmm. ...right next to the upstairs tv outlet. oh yeah. they can move the tv all over the place, even outside. grandpa... mmmhmm? kids have it easy nowadays. [ glasses clink ] i'm trying to tell ya. [ male announcer ] the wireless receiver, only from at&t. get u-verse tv for $29 a month for 6 months. at&t. ♪ >> 'tis the season for making new year's resolution then week or two later usually the season for breaking them. i have done that many times. what if you could get a little help following through? jonathan has this look at bay area soci
city hall in portland opened at midnight give out the first marriage license. voters approved gay marriage in november in maine. similar law in maryland takes effect january 1st couple days from now. already legal in washington state. those 3 states were the if is to approve gay marriage by popular vote. >> just ahead here. details with the new year's resolution perhaps? guess what? there's an app for that. new back in the day, we didn't have the u-verse wireless receiver. [ light laugh ]...
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in fact, most of the city sand bagging stations aren't even open at this time. biggest threat of the storm will be the high winds. >> we do expect some winds to accompany the storm and so we will see increase in call volume and go to increase of power lines counsel increase in traffic sdonts. go to increase in trees that have fallen. >>reporter: about now if there is any flooding it will likely occur west of town later on this weekend. the emergency operation center is on standby but they don't expect to use i it. it will be wet. but the biggest threat will be the win wind. reporting live in santa rosa, abc 7 news. >>> thank you. the rain is expected to turn to snow at the higher elevations much to skier dlichlt there's already snow on the ground on highway 2 67 at lake tahoe. ski resorts in the sierra expected to get between 10 to 20 inches of snow over the next three days. >> well good news for the ski resorts but the weather here expected to cause big delay at san francisco international airport tomorrow. friday is the heaviest traffic day of the holidays. th
in fact, most of the city sand bagging stations aren't even open at this time. biggest threat of the storm will be the high winds. >> we do expect some winds to accompany the storm and so we will see increase in call volume and go to increase of power lines counsel increase in traffic sdonts. go to increase in trees that have fallen. >>reporter: about now if there is any flooding it will likely occur west of town later on this weekend. the emergency operation center is on standby...
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the city reached a deal with civil rights attorneys. they want a deal that will require them to make more than 50 reforms that still haven't happened. the judge threatened to give control to federal authorities. if oaknd la does not reform -- if oakland does not reform faster. the person will have the power to demote staff and over rule the chief and even fire the chief. the civil rights attorneys and the mayor says it is power is necessary to make the reform. >> he will have responsibility to look at the area such as racial profiling and properly pointing weapons a the minorities. >> it will help us bring down crime in the city. >> the department has until the end of next year to complete the reforms. >> some breaking news out of the sierra. a woman has been found injured and her boyfriend is dead after the couple was reported missing last week. we have been following this story. they were last seen in the sacramento area and were heading from citrus heights back to nevada. authorities say they were in a collision of some kind. paula l
the city reached a deal with civil rights attorneys. they want a deal that will require them to make more than 50 reforms that still haven't happened. the judge threatened to give control to federal authorities. if oaknd la does not reform -- if oakland does not reform faster. the person will have the power to demote staff and over rule the chief and even fire the chief. the civil rights attorneys and the mayor says it is power is necessary to make the reform. >> he will have...
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the city goes viral. >>> out of jail and back in the u.s. what silicon valley the u.s. what silicon valley security software pioneer people are stuck in very old habits of using toothpaste to clean their denture. but dentures are very different to real teeth. they're about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can grow and multiply. polident is specifically designed to clean dentures daily. its unique micro-clean formula kills 99.9% of odor causing bacteria and helps dissolve stains, cleaning in a better way than brushing with toothpaste. that's why dentists recommend polident. [ male announcer ] polident. cleaner, fresher, brighter every day. >>> the san francisco police officer at the center of a controversial video is the focus of an internal affairs investigation this is the video in question posted on facebook. sergeant carl t uploaded the video saying tomorrowed 100 miles an hour driving in a lamborghini through the broadway tunnel. a comment by sergeant t says it is roomier than you think, plus we were all drunk. h
the city goes viral. >>> out of jail and back in the u.s. what silicon valley the u.s. what silicon valley security software pioneer people are stuck in very old habits of using toothpaste to clean their denture. but dentures are very different to real teeth. they're about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can grow and multiply. polident is specifically designed to clean dentures daily. its unique micro-clean formula kills 99.9% of odor causing bacteria and...
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mark matthews has the numbers and reaction from the truck operators, their customers and the city. >> every monday, wednesday and friday. food trucks line up on this part of front street. so do the customers. >> we work right up the street so it's really convenient and it's always local. >> local is a big selling organic. what these trucks are mobile, not local. local are the brick and mortar restaurants that have been in this neighborhood for years. every single one of them says that trucks are cutting deeply into their business. >> almost 40% less than what we usually do which is very alarming to me. >> the owner of this cafe says he will be out of business wayne year. they say business is down 50%. yo-yos 15-20% and saying thing to gas. grumpie were down 50% today. >> when we first got starred we had two trucks we wanted to do proper out reach. >> he is a broker that set them up on front street. it was never the intention to cut into business but he had no exception except to hire a lawyer. >> now he is running four trucks on this block of front street. last year he was one of the
mark matthews has the numbers and reaction from the truck operators, their customers and the city. >> every monday, wednesday and friday. food trucks line up on this part of front street. so do the customers. >> we work right up the street so it's really convenient and it's always local. >> local is a big selling organic. what these trucks are mobile, not local. local are the brick and mortar restaurants that have been in this neighborhood for years. every single one of them...
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city crews have been working around the clock. all of them should be cleaned up by tomorrow. >> ama: take a look at this. amazing picture of a stuck car the in sheppard cap yon in oakland. peter sent us this picture. he said good samaritans rescued the driver. e-mail your photos to us at ureport. >>> right now there are 5100 customers without power and that is down 300,000 earlier today. we do have more storm aftermath ahead. we'll take you to a flooded mobile home park and a tree that crushed a fence. flooding worries in wine country we'll take touted russian and napa rivers. >> we're getting a nice break, it's not going >> ama: the highway patrol says the wet weather played in a crash in daly city. 27-year-old lauren davis died at the scene. she slammed into an abandoned car and was struck from behind by an suv. it shut down norb lanes of the freeway for three hours. >> people in menlo park are doing extra defensive driving after a tree blew down this morning. it came down with enough force to take down a small brick wall. nearb
city crews have been working around the clock. all of them should be cleaned up by tomorrow. >> ama: take a look at this. amazing picture of a stuck car the in sheppard cap yon in oakland. peter sent us this picture. he said good samaritans rescued the driver. e-mail your photos to us at ureport. >>> right now there are 5100 customers without power and that is down 300,000 earlier today. we do have more storm aftermath ahead. we'll take you to a flooded mobile home park and a...
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a limit of three weapons for each resident and people had to move they resided in the city. oakland and san francisco police departments is going to be asking the governor to make this kind of gun buy-back a state program. >> you can stay with "abc 7 news" for continuing coverage. laura anthony will have live reports from connecticut beginning tomorrow. >>> we do have developing news out of san francisco tonight. police have shut down part of california street between hyde and marketed searching for an armed gunman. they believe the person may be hiding behind a building that they surrounded. we do have a crew at the scene and we'll have than update at 11:00. >>> still ahead, hillary clinton is being monitored by doctors. what led to her fainting and hitting her head. also the twinkie could be brought back. and could intoxicated squid be crashing in our shores? >> aim leigh glaser. we're in between storm systems right now. showers still increasing up >>> a bay area scientist says he may know why thousands of squid have been washing up on shores. a scientist says the mass bea
a limit of three weapons for each resident and people had to move they resided in the city. oakland and san francisco police departments is going to be asking the governor to make this kind of gun buy-back a state program. >> you can stay with "abc 7 news" for continuing coverage. laura anthony will have live reports from connecticut beginning tomorrow. >>> we do have developing news out of san francisco tonight. police have shut down part of california street between...
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the -- >>> the city of san jose may get rid of styrofoam takeout boxes. the plan is expected to be discussed early next year. the ban riel likely start in -- the ban will likely start in january of 2014. oakland, san francisco, pal lealto and san mateo counties ban the containers. >>> raider nation, this is your time. e-mail fan photos to kgo-tv.com and we will post those pictures at abc7news.com and show them on the air during our special raiders day edition of abc7 news at 4:00. that's this coming thursday. and then at 5:00 watch the game. payton man expght denver broncos taking on your silver and black right here on abc7. >> and let's talk more football. >> a little college football and wearing your cardinal colors. the stamps are celebrating new year's eve in pasadena because they have a date the next day in the rose bowl. the cardinal pack torr the pack 12 -- capture the pack 12 mack lyon. a timely bible lesson the lord's way. churches of christ in the to have you visit one of worship assemblies. just do that? you will. week, will you? >>> after beat
the -- >>> the city of san jose may get rid of styrofoam takeout boxes. the plan is expected to be discussed early next year. the ban riel likely start in -- the ban will likely start in january of 2014. oakland, san francisco, pal lealto and san mateo counties ban the containers. >>> raider nation, this is your time. e-mail fan photos to kgo-tv.com and we will post those pictures at abc7news.com and show them on the air during our special raiders day edition of abc7 news at...
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ticket in oakland, the city made owe you money. the results of a new audit. >>> new crash test results from the nation's >>> california public utilities commission has just voted unanimously to allow pg&e to raise its rates. the upgrades come in the wake of the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion that killed eight people two years ago. taxpayers will pay additional 299 million dollars to pg&e but that is 39% less than pg&e requested. >>> the city of oakland holding more than $300,000 in overpaid parking tickets. audit shows the excess fines have gone unclaimed because oakland hasn't notified people as required by state law. $316,000 in overpaid fines reports from 2010 to 2011. as a result, the city is putting a refund process into place. >>> america's best selling car is getting the worst marks in a new crash test the camry earned a poor rating in recent tests the group says the front end crash pushed the air bag out of the way so it did little to protect the test dummy's head. the prius hybrid wagon performed poorly only the 2013
ticket in oakland, the city made owe you money. the results of a new audit. >>> new crash test results from the nation's >>> california public utilities commission has just voted unanimously to allow pg&e to raise its rates. the upgrades come in the wake of the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion that killed eight people two years ago. taxpayers will pay additional 299 million dollars to pg&e but that is 39% less than pg&e requested. >>> the city of...
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it happened early this morning in the city of ross near the college of marin. police made a traffic stop for possible dui but the driver took off on foo foot. officers chased him along the canal until they saw him jump in. search this morning produced no sign of him. police don't know if that means the man is dead or if he escaped alive. >> well in the east bay down trees and mud slides prompted road closure and crew in full clean up mode while still dry. nick smith has the story. >>reporter: the ground already saturate from previous rain was no match for the weight and pressure of the rock and vegetation that until now called this hillside home. the massive stone some weighing hundreds of pounds and deeply routed tree were his pulled from their foundation and hang precariously across the stretch of pine hurt road in contra costa county forcing highway patrol to close sections to cars until road crew could remove the debris. >> in the oakland hills a tree came crashing down without any warning. >> just see the tree come down and my heart just sank. >>reporter:
it happened early this morning in the city of ross near the college of marin. police made a traffic stop for possible dui but the driver took off on foo foot. officers chased him along the canal until they saw him jump in. search this morning produced no sign of him. police don't know if that means the man is dead or if he escaped alive. >> well in the east bay down trees and mud slides prompted road closure and crew in full clean up mode while still dry. nick smith has the story....
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. >> certainly we would love to send him a message that come enjoy the city. spend money here and go back and rethink the way you do police work. >>reporter: little chance of that. arpaio says america of america sides with him. while 80 years old he has no plans to slow down n.san francisco, abc 7 news. >> controversy on the campus of merced where student organization hosted a sex toy event. health group gets 6 66,000 dollars each year from student fee. when it sponsored the seminar promoted on facebook contradict argue it was a waste of money during a time when tuition has sky rocketed. the organizers said the event served an important purpose. >> things that students don't know about sex toy. safety measures they should take beforehand and we thought it was really vital important to know that. come to funding the uc asks for more when money spent on things like this it sound like maybe they are not really thinking. getting the party straight coming to spending. >> spokesperson says administrator oversee the group and can prevent any programs considered inapp
. >> certainly we would love to send him a message that come enjoy the city. spend money here and go back and rethink the way you do police work. >>reporter: little chance of that. arpaio says america of america sides with him. while 80 years old he has no plans to slow down n.san francisco, abc 7 news. >> controversy on the campus of merced where student organization hosted a sex toy event. health group gets 6 66,000 dollars each year from student fee. when it sponsored the...
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so we can get these people off the streets. whether it was targeted or random, that's part of the investigation, with we do not know. >> reporter: -- police don't know where attack happened maybe another area, another city no idea, no motive, no suspects that is why they are asking the public to step forward. if you know anything about in attack, where it happened, please contact san francisco pd. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> crab boat skippers are meeting with the head of the boat owners' association in san francisco to consider their distribute over the price of crab. more than 100 boats are staying in port in san francisco, half moon bay and bodega bay before thanksgiving the crabbers agreed to sell crab for $3 a pound. at one point last week the price was under $2 due to slow demand. last year fishermen were on strike for weeks until they reached an agreement. >>> still ahead, critical day of action ahead of the fiscal cliff, rallies planned for today in the bay area to send a message to washington. >>> fallout from that
so we can get these people off the streets. whether it was targeted or random, that's part of the investigation, with we do not know. >> reporter: -- police don't know where attack happened maybe another area, another city no idea, no motive, no suspects that is why they are asking the public to step forward. if you know anything about in attack, where it happened, please contact san francisco pd. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> crab boat skippers are meeting with the head of the...
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one reason it is critical to get this thing fixed is vine hill road is an escape route for the city of santa cruz in the case of an emergency evacuation. it would be needed desperately if that should happen. fixing the entire road, however, will take a month. and we are tracking this storm throughout the morning with live doppler 7hd and with our team of reporters throughout the bay area. live coverage begins at 4:30 a.m. with the abc7 morning news and live updates throughout the morning. stay here with us. we will keep you up-to-date. >>> meantime, breaking news in oakland where police say four people have been shot. the investigation is happening right now on the 600 block of east 18th street. there is no word yet on the condition of the victims. again four people shot. no arrests have been made to this point. new at 11:00, a bizarre kidnapping and a daring escape in the south bay. a handyman was threatened, beaten and forc to do repair work for several hours. it started yesterday morning at a home on called well court and ended at the chevron on santa teresa boulevard in san jose. a
one reason it is critical to get this thing fixed is vine hill road is an escape route for the city of santa cruz in the case of an emergency evacuation. it would be needed desperately if that should happen. fixing the entire road, however, will take a month. and we are tracking this storm throughout the morning with live doppler 7hd and with our team of reporters throughout the bay area. live coverage begins at 4:30 a.m. with the abc7 morning news and live updates throughout the morning. stay...
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if the bay area the november jobless rates are down from the month before, oakland and surrounding cities the rate is. san jose 7.8% and in san francisco, it is.4%. >>> tonight correspondent christiane amanpour takes on one of the most fought over written about and debated topics of her career the old testament. she goes back to the holy land where underwater searcher searches for the depths of the black sea. she also explores ancient similarities between three of the world's major religions. >> we are saying something controversial, that jude , christianity and islam trace their fathers and ancestors and beliefs and faiths, paul back to the same abraham. >> one of her two part series airs tonight at 9:00. >>> the 21st has arrived and the world has not ended. this year hundreds converged on an ancient mayan site to witness doomsday, just in case. the highian calendar ends today which led some -- the mayan calendar ends today, some say it proves the calendar does not mark an ending but a new beginning. >> we knew when new zealand and australia were calling and answering our calls. >> good
if the bay area the november jobless rates are down from the month before, oakland and surrounding cities the rate is. san jose 7.8% and in san francisco, it is.4%. >>> tonight correspondent christiane amanpour takes on one of the most fought over written about and debated topics of her career the old testament. she goes back to the holy land where underwater searcher searches for the depths of the black sea. she also explores ancient similarities between three of the world's major...
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>>reporter: now the city estimates that the cost of this repair will run that the hundreds of thousands of dollars but not worried about paying for it. unlike other bay area cities, lafayette has a 5 million dollar rainy day fund as it's called and as the city manager told us, yesterday certainly qualified as a rainy day. in lafayette, abc 7 news. >> what a crazy tame over the weekend. thank goodness for the calm weather we needed to dry out but won't last long. spencer has yet more rain spencer on our door step. >> indeed dan here's live doppler 7 hd. early this evening we had a large area of moisture well to the north up around mendocino county dissipated right now but still noise our north moving in our direction. give you a lack at conditions tm morning beginning at the start of rush hour 5:00 o'clock tomorrow morning start the fork animation at that point probably light rain up around santa rosa, perhaps as far south as san rafael. notice 5 to 7:00 a.m. we see the rain remaining in the north bay. don't expect to drop down below the golden gate. as a matter of fact it break up a lit
>>reporter: now the city estimates that the cost of this repair will run that the hundreds of thousands of dollars but not worried about paying for it. unlike other bay area cities, lafayette has a 5 million dollar rainy day fund as it's called and as the city manager told us, yesterday certainly qualified as a rainy day. in lafayette, abc 7 news. >> what a crazy tame over the weekend. thank goodness for the calm weather we needed to dry out but won't last long. spencer has yet more...
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we will be the only city and county that does not have a fire station within our city limits. >> it's very difficult decision but we did say that we would listen to what the voters said and they either would want us to continue the current service level or they would not aparagraph it. >>reporter: closure will cut cost but alsoen crease response time county wide. average response time now is just over 6 and a half minutes. >> there is going to impact response time to the area arun the station as well as we are going to have to wait listeninger for resourcesp they are coming from further away when we are on incidents the require multiple fire engines. >>reporter: again the supervisors here have delayed the final decision on these 4 stations until next week. county fire chief indicated it may not stop there if there are no new revenue sources found they may have to lack at closing 1 or 2 more stations next fiscal year. martinez, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> san jose city council voted unanimously to allow airport staff to shoot blank and live ammunition at birds that pose a hazard to p
we will be the only city and county that does not have a fire station within our city limits. >> it's very difficult decision but we did say that we would listen to what the voters said and they either would want us to continue the current service level or they would not aparagraph it. >>reporter: closure will cut cost but alsoen crease response time county wide. average response time now is just over 6 and a half minutes. >> there is going to impact response time to the area...
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also from boulder creek extending over to saratoga, to the south of city of san jose between san jose and morgan hill. all of this is that verse go towards the east-northeast. wave after wave of these showers have been intensifying in the last 30 minutes. los gatos, right in line for moderate rain from this particular cell. right here, to the south and east of campbell right here, 82 starting to get very heavy rain, wave after wave an rain but the main event is not going to take event until tomorrow morning, upper 40s to low 50s. here is a look at my forecast. heavy rain sunday morning, good news is it moves in and moves out. we'll look for clearing sunday night and looks like a dry day on christmas eve. here is some of those showers right here moving in. a little bit of a break. check out the moisture plume behind. all of this is what is due in here tomorrow morning. heavy rain, very strong winds. be prepared, tomorrow morning may not be the best time to ride out but wait until the afternoon. 11:00, you can see the showers starting to move in. check out 2:00, 3:00, 5:00 tomorrow morn
also from boulder creek extending over to saratoga, to the south of city of san jose between san jose and morgan hill. all of this is that verse go towards the east-northeast. wave after wave of these showers have been intensifying in the last 30 minutes. los gatos, right in line for moderate rain from this particular cell. right here, to the south and east of campbell right here, 82 starting to get very heavy rain, wave after wave an rain but the main event is not going to take event until...
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him into the path of an oncoming subway train last night. this shows the woman moments after the man was killed in queens. witnesses say the woman got up from a bench and shoved the man on to the tracks, the second time in a month somebody has killed a subway patron by pushing them into the path of a train. >>> mike is straight ahead with our forecast i am >> within more storm then a break -- one more storm then a break from the wet weather. clouds getting thicker. we'll look at live doppler and show you where the rain is and when it will get to your neighborhood. >>> russian president vladimir putin signs a new bill that affects many u.s. parents hoping to adopt. >>> the college student who got a restraining order >>> russia's president has made it official, it is now illegal for americans to adopt children from russia. vladimir putin signed the bill banning the adoptions earlier this morning. the law also stops dozens of adoptions currently underway. americans have adopted more than 60,000 russian children. the ban is believed to be in ret
him into the path of an oncoming subway train last night. this shows the woman moments after the man was killed in queens. witnesses say the woman got up from a bench and shoved the man on to the tracks, the second time in a month somebody has killed a subway patron by pushing them into the path of a train. >>> mike is straight ahead with our forecast i am >> within more storm then a break -- one more storm then a break from the wet weather. clouds getting thicker. we'll look at...
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>>reporter: although paula lane was held at the hospital in carson city through the weekend doctors say most of her recovery will be emotional. george warren, abc 7 news. >> l tens of thousands of people have rallied behind a san francisco dog that could be ordered euthanizeed on wednesday. charlie accused of attacking injuring a u.s. park police officer and horse on august 6. animal care seized charlie. they named him too vish to us remain alive. judge will decide whether charlie will be put down. more than 90,000 people have signed an on line petition to try to save him. >> students and alumni university of california schools are protesting new logo adopted by the uc system. the original logo on the left. it has been in use since 1868 and will remain on all official documents. the new logo was created to be more recognizable on line. but petition now circulating on campuses on facebook and other site to keep the original design saying the new logo lack prestige. >> well remember the last three days how nice they were. fading memory now. >> becoming very winter like. let's check in wit
>>reporter: although paula lane was held at the hospital in carson city through the weekend doctors say most of her recovery will be emotional. george warren, abc 7 news. >> l tens of thousands of people have rallied behind a san francisco dog that could be ordered euthanizeed on wednesday. charlie accused of attacking injuring a u.s. park police officer and horse on august 6. animal care seized charlie. they named him too vish to us remain alive. judge will decide whether charlie...
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of 108 miles in the city and 90-- 92 miles on the highway with a combined 100 miles to the gallon. the main rival, the toyota prius plug in gets 95 miles per gallon. a plug in version of the honda accord has not yet been rated. the ford fusion costs $39,495. whatever car you are driving you will need windshield wipers for the next few hours. sandhya patel is tracking the weather on live doppler 7hd. sandhya? >> make sure the wipers are working as you look at live doppler 7hd. you will see why you need the windshield wipers. our radar combined with the national weather service and monterey bay radar and tracking the storm as is coming in from the northwest has been paralleling the coast. but it is making a more eastward advancement. the winds are in santa rosa and the roanoke park area. from santa rosa to roanoke park and you can see petaluma hill road. we are getting some rainfall and light rain at this hour. and around sfo we are seeing some moderate rain beginning to show up on our observations. we have lighter rainfall and highway 101 toward san carlos. 31st avenue and head out
of 108 miles in the city and 90-- 92 miles on the highway with a combined 100 miles to the gallon. the main rival, the toyota prius plug in gets 95 miles per gallon. a plug in version of the honda accord has not yet been rated. the ford fusion costs $39,495. whatever car you are driving you will need windshield wipers for the next few hours. sandhya patel is tracking the weather on live doppler 7hd. sandhya? >> make sure the wipers are working as you look at live doppler 7hd. you will see...
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in the request for the $1500 the scammers asked her to wire the money to the city of duwala in the literal region of cameroon, west africa, the source of many internet scams. >> anytime you are asked to wire money you should realize that is an opportunity for fraud to occur. >> i spoke with an fbi agent in washington, d.c. who works with ic3, the internet crime complaint center. she says many nations around the world do not have laws that protect consumers against internet fraud, and prosecuting scammers is very challenging. >> working a cyber fraud case is very complicated. in part it is the concept of at trough biewtion. at trough biewtion. who said what? whose hands are on the keyboard? are they in the neighborhood? are they in the state? are they in the country? if they are outside the united states where are they? >> and look at this. i ran one of the photos they sent debbie through a google image search. the same picture appears in more than a hundred ads around the country and overseas, jermt -- germany and malaysia. same picture and very similar wording, but different supposed sell
in the request for the $1500 the scammers asked her to wire the money to the city of duwala in the literal region of cameroon, west africa, the source of many internet scams. >> anytime you are asked to wire money you should realize that is an opportunity for fraud to occur. >> i spoke with an fbi agent in washington, d.c. who works with ic3, the internet crime complaint center. she says many nations around the world do not have laws that protect consumers against internet fraud,...
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you said 40 in the city colder than that elsewhere. >> the warmest cold i found was 43° at pier 1. the coldest san francisco temperature is 35 in the forest hill area. san jose this morning we had a lot of frost especially outside of downtown, saratoga, campbell, sunnyvale, los gatos. as we look from tamalpais towards sausalito, san francisco down to the san mateo bridge, a little hazier today as [ inaudible ] down at the ground level, check out live doppler, it is so quiet right now picking up clouds to the north where they will stay, a lot of sunshine in our forecast for today. let's talk about temperatures how far have we come since this morning? 40s everywhere 50 half moon bay and los gatos 47 san jose concord fremont. low 40s north bay. around the monterey bay inland mid 40s. monterey 51° the one area that didn't get to freezing in that area. today sunshine, cool this afternoon, almost as chilly tonight rain on the way thursday more so friday, saturday, sunday. high pressure sinking air the dry air the roadblock, if you will, keeping this next storm at bay not only today, but
you said 40 in the city colder than that elsewhere. >> the warmest cold i found was 43° at pier 1. the coldest san francisco temperature is 35 in the forest hill area. san jose this morning we had a lot of frost especially outside of downtown, saratoga, campbell, sunnyvale, los gatos. as we look from tamalpais towards sausalito, san francisco down to the san mateo bridge, a little hazier today as [ inaudible ] down at the ground level, check out live doppler, it is so quiet right now...
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start around six city but will fall back into the 50s, but dry, temperatures whoever around 60 friday through sunday and start to warm a little monday and tuesday. >>> guess what? another starbucks may soon pop up around the corner. the coffee giant is planning to add at least 1500 more cafes in the u.s. over the next five years. that plan will boost the number in the country by 30%. the seattle-based company will serve a new brand of tea in its cafes. >>> particular kind of doctor is becoming harder to find. the number of medical students electing to become primary care doctors is dwindling according to a new study, many are choosing to become specialists. the students say because you get paid more as a specialist, work fewer hours and have more control over their schedule. >>> raiders day begins today with a special pregame edition of abc7 news at 6:30. tomorrow sports director larry biel hosting a pregame show at 4 p.m.. kennedy and woodson join us for that. at 5 coverage of the game begins live from the coliseum. once the game ends larry, lincoln and ron will return with after the
start around six city but will fall back into the 50s, but dry, temperatures whoever around 60 friday through sunday and start to warm a little monday and tuesday. >>> guess what? another starbucks may soon pop up around the corner. the coffee giant is planning to add at least 1500 more cafes in the u.s. over the next five years. that plan will boost the number in the country by 30%. the seattle-based company will serve a new brand of tea in its cafes. >>> particular kind of...
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right now 39 with fog by the delta. 49 san francisco. 50 in redwood city. the winds now are up. so that is going to keep the temperatures in the 40s for the next couple of hours but we do anticipate winds to back off. sonoma and napa dropping off into temperatures right above freezing. west winds gusting to 22 at te airport. novato, 26. and at the coast north wind at 29. napa sonoma could see a little bit of frost. otherwise patchy fog and sunshine on top tomorrow. a cool day. still in a northwest flow. numbers in the mid 50s but we will see rain returning to the north by friday and then much of the bay wet overnight friday. we have the 30s from napa, santa rosa. a little wind should keep the numbers up in san francisco and oakland. a few clouds around as well. 41 san jose with 40 in half moon bay. 39, though, santa cruz. definitely chilly coast. so that area of low pressure the pop-up showers that we had throughout the afternoon quickly scooted off to the east and most of the precipitation running parallel to the coastline and we have weak high pressure off shore that is going
right now 39 with fog by the delta. 49 san francisco. 50 in redwood city. the winds now are up. so that is going to keep the temperatures in the 40s for the next couple of hours but we do anticipate winds to back off. sonoma and napa dropping off into temperatures right above freezing. west winds gusting to 22 at te airport. novato, 26. and at the coast north wind at 29. napa sonoma could see a little bit of frost. otherwise patchy fog and sunshine on top tomorrow. a cool day. still in a...
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pension rae form. >> it's really not about the city or the mayor and the council versus the union. what it's about is keeping our city afloat. dealing with a budget situation that has just been disaster for over a decade and saying what are we going to do to fix it. >>reporter: police officers say the fix it self is a disaster and the only thing the 2 sides can seem to agree on is the staffing shortage here is real. the department is authorized to have more than the 1700 current officers. 44 new recruit in the pipeline but 81 says if you add up the people who have left or planned to leave since academy started, total of 53, it's a numbers game the department can't we know. >> they are walking out. don't have it any other way. can't strike. can't do job action. the only way really to send a message loud and clear is to leave. >>reporter: tina says no amount of recruiting will ever replace the decades of experience the city is losing in the name of fiscal reform in san jose abc 7 news. >> 4 year ballots over san francisco golf course done tonight. federal court june says the city did
pension rae form. >> it's really not about the city or the mayor and the council versus the union. what it's about is keeping our city afloat. dealing with a budget situation that has just been disaster for over a decade and saying what are we going to do to fix it. >>reporter: police officers say the fix it self is a disaster and the only thing the 2 sides can seem to agree on is the staffing shortage here is real. the department is authorized to have more than the 1700 current...
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city crews worked into the wee hours this morning placing sandbags along the leaky levy. here is the area we are talking about. the weak levy is at pulgas avenue off east bay shore road. it needs to be strengthened and a construction project begins in the spring to do exactly that. in the north bay, the rain and the runoff has left the napa river swollen, but well within its banks tonight. other parts of wine country look more like lakes than farm land. water topped the levy where it borders 70 acres of vineyards at the larson family winery. it is an area where people expect flooding in heavy rains. it is not a big problem. in fact, the flooding is a nuisance that has some benefits as well. >> for the vineyards, the good news and bad news. the good news is recharges the water supply and we get nice soil. we get the topsoil from the valley. and the bad news is there is debris in there too, so every year it cost $10,000 to $15,000 to clear the debris. >> work crews typically repair the levies once a year after the rainy season ends. >>> so often the santa cruz mountains get
city crews worked into the wee hours this morning placing sandbags along the leaky levy. here is the area we are talking about. the weak levy is at pulgas avenue off east bay shore road. it needs to be strengthened and a construction project begins in the spring to do exactly that. in the north bay, the rain and the runoff has left the napa river swollen, but well within its banks tonight. other parts of wine country look more like lakes than farm land. water topped the levy where it borders 70...
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the mayor of indianapolis has shutdown all city services, except police and fire. one last image, this is missouri, this storm system moving toward new england, bringing the possibility of more tornadoes to the coastal carolinas. more than 900 flights have been cancelled across the united states today. sfo reporting some delays to newark, philadelphia and dallas ft. worth. >>> saw people throwing out salt to melt some of the snow. happening now in the bay area computer software problem causing delays between 5 and 30 minutes on caltrain. a spokeswoman says the glitch is causing a problem with the signals, delays of more than an hour when service began in morning. caltrain is using a back-up system and they hope to have trains on time by the evening. >>> we know it is the day after christmas, let the returns begin. >> we'll have tips for making your returns go smoothly. why retailers are pinning hopes on after christmas sales. >>> good samaritan finds a man's wedding ring in the snow on the side of i-80. now comes the hard part, finding the owner. [ female announcer
the mayor of indianapolis has shutdown all city services, except police and fire. one last image, this is missouri, this storm system moving toward new england, bringing the possibility of more tornadoes to the coastal carolinas. more than 900 flights have been cancelled across the united states today. sfo reporting some delays to newark, philadelphia and dallas ft. worth. >>> saw people throwing out salt to melt some of the snow. happening now in the bay area computer software problem...
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the sky above the city was bright by a passing rainbow. this is 7 news. >>> hundreds of homes and businesses on the peninsula still in the dark because of power outages there. we even found a water log football field. more on that from vick lee. >>reporter: this correct in san jose was roaring. fast and furious this morning vrlt. but the santa clara valley water district said there were no problems today. all of the creek that had the potential to flood were weigh below the overflow levels. but san mateo county workers at menlo high school were busy trying to drain the water from the football field which was flooded. the water level stood about 3 to 4 inches above the new turf field which was built this summer. one of the main pump had broken during the night. in san bruno hundreds of rest didn't in the hillside neighborhood near sky line boulevard lost their power during the early morning hours. the limb of a large tree broke off. l falling on a pg&e utility pole which cracked in half snapping the lines. crews were trying to get power bac
the sky above the city was bright by a passing rainbow. this is 7 news. >>> hundreds of homes and businesses on the peninsula still in the dark because of power outages there. we even found a water log football field. more on that from vick lee. >>reporter: this correct in san jose was roaring. fast and furious this morning vrlt. but the santa clara valley water district said there were no problems today. all of the creek that had the potential to flood were weigh below the...
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and santa clara city leaders. the work began in july. the stadium remains on schedule. >>> the raiders are in the spotlight tonight when they take on manning at thecoliseum n abc 7. sky 7 hd shows you the scene above the coliseum, kick-5:20 tonight. kira klapper joins us live from oakland. you see fans getting ready to tailgate yet? >> reporter: oh yes. good morning. they are ready. kickoff 5:20. the parking lot gates don't open until noon, fans were allowed to start lining cars up at 10. they sure did. video we shot less than an hour ago, more than 20 cars had lined coliseum way and the party had begun. some skipped work and school, one flew from san diego taking advantage of today's festivities. they all told me they missed the days when they could camp out the day before the game. i had to ask, the raider nation is letting the 3-9 record get in the way. >> several years ago they used to let us be here saturdays. of course nfl always changes rules now we get here -- they took it all away. no more staying the nig
and santa clara city leaders. the work began in july. the stadium remains on schedule. >>> the raiders are in the spotlight tonight when they take on manning at thecoliseum n abc 7. sky 7 hd shows you the scene above the coliseum, kick-5:20 tonight. kira klapper joins us live from oakland. you see fans getting ready to tailgate yet? >> reporter: oh yes. good morning. they are ready. kickoff 5:20. the parking lot gates don't open until noon, fans were allowed to start lining cars...
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map of all the participating cabs in the city. >> push one button. one that is nearest to you gets assigned to you and dispatched to you. >>reporter: technology around for 2 years. some cab company were using it before the app for call black town cars. back then it was called cab lus now with the ceremony drive off it's being reborn as fly wheel. complete with bold new advertising and promise to help cabie compete with the black cars and lift drivers with the pink mustache. >> they get from 20 to 30 percent more rides a day by having these mobile app able to access the vehicle real time. >>reporter: already in about a third of san francisco taxi. as to the other communication device. >> this is a radio. no advancement in 50 years on uhf and now we have the power of cell phone. >>reporter: cab company fly wheel can replace older dispatch systems or work alongside the 2 way radio to give the dispatchary bird eye view of where the drivers are by working with dispatcher instead of around them they get broad support from cab company. we while lift uber an
map of all the participating cabs in the city. >> push one button. one that is nearest to you gets assigned to you and dispatched to you. >>reporter: technology around for 2 years. some cab company were using it before the app for call black town cars. back then it was called cab lus now with the ceremony drive off it's being reborn as fly wheel. complete with bold new advertising and promise to help cabie compete with the black cars and lift drivers with the pink mustache. >>...
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and here's a live look from san jose, the bay area's largest city. temperatures in the 50s today and a dry spell heading into 2013. frances dinglasan "and what's your name?" "oh, it's flo." "and what do you do?" "oh, i sell insurance like no one else." "oh, that's nice." "thank you." now, that's progressive. call or click today. >> welcome back. time right now is 9:41. what is happening right now is a funeral service in new york. this is for one of the volunteer fire firefighters who was shot and killed by an ambush by an ex-con on christmas eve. he was a police ltd., who was also a volunteer firefighter. you see firefighters filing past his flag-draped casket. tomorrow will the service for the 19-year-old who worked at a 911 dispatcher. his funeral is tomorrow. >>> new this morning, stung video of this weekend's deadly plane crash just outside moscow. that plane overshot the runway and careened into traffic. this video is really dramatic. it comes from a passing car. you can see the plane's tire colliding with a moving car. the crash took place satu
and here's a live look from san jose, the bay area's largest city. temperatures in the 50s today and a dry spell heading into 2013. frances dinglasan "and what's your name?" "oh, it's flo." "and what do you do?" "oh, i sell insurance like no one else." "oh, that's nice." "thank you." now, that's progressive. call or click today. >> welcome back. time right now is 9:41. what is happening right now is a funeral service in new york....
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extreme high tides are the highest of the year. that could mean trouble for beaches and low-lying areas, places like marin city near richardson bay. more from heather ishimaru. >> bike path known as bay trail lived up on to its name it was more bay than trail. she couldn't make it through a larkspur ferry and have to turn around. >> i had no idea it was that bad. >> caltrans tried to direct people around the flooding but nothing could be done for cars left all day at the park and ride. businesses along a narrow strip of land became an island for a few hours. they are less worried about flooding than lost customers. >> the trees are still above the water. >> he has looked at the highest prediction for tomorrow morning and figures he has got an inch to spare. >> it's going to be okay. >> the king tides happen once a month when the sun and moon is a lined but next few days will be the highest tides of year because they coincide with big winter storms in the gulf of alaska. waldo point harbor thought they knew what was coming with the
extreme high tides are the highest of the year. that could mean trouble for beaches and low-lying areas, places like marin city near richardson bay. more from heather ishimaru. >> bike path known as bay trail lived up on to its name it was more bay than trail. she couldn't make it through a larkspur ferry and have to turn around. >> i had no idea it was that bad. >> caltrans tried to direct people around the flooding but nothing could be done for cars left all day at the park...
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carl t posting this video saying he topped 100 miles an hour while driving in a lamborghini in the city's broadway tunnel. they are reporting that a comment by sergeant t says it is roomier than you would think, plus we were all drunk. >> if all of this is true, alan, it is to be taken seriously. >> we broke the news to mayor ed lee at city hall. >> it would be a violation of so many laws. but it is in opposite to what a police officer is sworn to do which is be somebody who is in charge of safety. >> driving the 35 mile per hour speed limit it took us 40 seconds to make it through the half mile tunnel. they did it in just 16 seconds. >> he told the san francisco weekly that he was the third person sandwiched between the driver and the passenger. he was unable to reach sergeant t and his facebook page has now been removed. the san francisco police department says sergeant t is under administrative review by the internal affairs department, but the head of the police officer's union questioned the true source of the posting. >> if it was an off duty police officer driving the vehicle, the
carl t posting this video saying he topped 100 miles an hour while driving in a lamborghini in the city's broadway tunnel. they are reporting that a comment by sergeant t says it is roomier than you would think, plus we were all drunk. >> if all of this is true, alan, it is to be taken seriously. >> we broke the news to mayor ed lee at city hall. >> it would be a violation of so many laws. but it is in opposite to what a police officer is sworn to do which is be somebody who...
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at the intersection of geary and masonic in the city laurel heights neighborhood. and they all got away. man we are glad to tell you was at the very least not hurt. >> last year this time no snow meant people were playing golf and not skiing in lake tahoe. what a difference a year makes. here's george. >>reporter: week before christmas. out of state holiday visitors are already showing up at lake tahoe. >> we just came down to see whoever pl this area. >>reporter: what do you think about california skiing. >> i love it. this is my fourth or fifth time here e-although monday brought a mix of snow and rain at lake level, look what was going on just 1,000 feet higher on the nevada side of heavenly ski resort. >> this christmas we definitely have more natural snow and we have been able to open more terrain leading into the holiday. >>reporter: the visitor authority anticipating 10 to 15 percent increase and people coming to the lake this holiday season. in part because the snow is so much better than it was at this time last year the. >> memory of last christmas were n
at the intersection of geary and masonic in the city laurel heights neighborhood. and they all got away. man we are glad to tell you was at the very least not hurt. >> last year this time no snow meant people were playing golf and not skiing in lake tahoe. what a difference a year makes. here's george. >>reporter: week before christmas. out of state holiday visitors are already showing up at lake tahoe. >> we just came down to see whoever pl this area. >>reporter: what...
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until the fiscal cliff deadline. no progress was made in washington. the main sticking point are about tax cuts that are set to expire and the president's demand that the wealthy pay more in taxes. the uncertainty of what is going to happen is starting to have an impact on donations to charity. abc7 news reporter ama dates dates is live in the newsroom. >> it is possible the tax deduction for charitable giving could be capped next year. so the question is do you hold on to your money during the financial uncertainty or donate more while you know you will get a deduction. for one charity in san francisco it seems people are doing a little of both. the food pantry at the st. anthony foundation is in good shape today, but overall donations are down for the year. >> we are a little bit behind where we would like to be, where we are budgeted to be. >> the interim executive director says the charity is seeing interesting trends this holiday season that may have to do with the impending fiscal cliff. >> we are seeing people
until the fiscal cliff deadline. no progress was made in washington. the main sticking point are about tax cuts that are set to expire and the president's demand that the wealthy pay more in taxes. the uncertainty of what is going to happen is starting to have an impact on donations to charity. abc7 news reporter ama dates dates is live in the newsroom. >> it is possible the tax deduction for charitable giving could be capped next year. so the question is do you hold on to your money...
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it used to get 1.2 million dollars every year from the city now it gets less than half that amount so this donation will certainly come in handy. >> we want to share a wonderful story with you tonight about how some people in the south bay helped change a child's life and his smile in this season of giving. corrina on the very special gift for 14-year-old boy. >> unlike some patients sasha is exciting about going to the dentist and especially about this appointment. >> i woke up really early today so i woke up around 5ish and stayed up since. >>reporter: eighth grader at more land middle school in san jose anxious to get his brings off. almost as anxious as he was to get them on. >> i had this thing in my life people would make fun of me because of my teeth and how i looked. >>reporter: ukraine an family has no insurance so dr. randy lie and dr. joseph teamed up to provide his dental care for free. his overbite was so pronounced it was hard for him to even close his lips together and 2 molar needed to be removed. >> we had and/or al surge on extract and close the bite and made it to s
it used to get 1.2 million dollars every year from the city now it gets less than half that amount so this donation will certainly come in handy. >> we want to share a wonderful story with you tonight about how some people in the south bay helped change a child's life and his smile in this season of giving. corrina on the very special gift for 14-year-old boy. >> unlike some patients sasha is exciting about going to the dentist and especially about this appointment. >> i woke...
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the vigil showing up in cities across the country including here in the bay area. what people are most concerned about now. debate over gun control again. new laws lawmakers are already considering. those story and a lot more coming up on 7 news at 11 over on channel 7. but larry here now to change things up a little bit. >> sports clearly a diversion on a day like this. start with the warriors trying to keep the perfect road trip going tonight in orlando. 5 wins. most the warriors have had on east coast trip since 1962. unfortunately they screws had nothing in this game. orlando blocked 10 shots in the first half. warriors shot just 29 percent. in that half. and were down 16. magic 7 of 13. reddick with a buzzer beater. haden scam. david lee played hard. 24 points. 15 rebounds. 6 great double double but the warriors down double digit most of the night. didn't ever get it under 9 and there is nelson. gliding into the basket. warriors drop the first game on the road trip 9 99-85. end the trip tomorrow in atlanta. lakers trying snap the 4 game skid against the last p
the vigil showing up in cities across the country including here in the bay area. what people are most concerned about now. debate over gun control again. new laws lawmakers are already considering. those story and a lot more coming up on 7 news at 11 over on channel 7. but larry here now to change things up a little bit. >> sports clearly a diversion on a day like this. start with the warriors trying to keep the perfect road trip going tonight in orlando. 5 wins. most the warriors have...
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this is live look from our sutro cam showing you the lights of the city. everything twinkling and sparkling, looking good. last time this week we were getting pounded by rain. nothing like that in the forecast for today. live doppler 7hd is quiet, according to our meteorologist lisa argen. >> yes. and you are becoming an expert on that too, i see. >> i can take your job. >> we are looking at changes. 57 right now at our coast as we head outside. that's half moon bay. we have pretty chilly valleys in the 30 #*s. 7:14 is the official sunrise. as we take a look at live doppler 7hd you notice the sweep on top of the mount saint helena and the cloud cover over the bay area. this is insulating us a bit and you add in the north, northeast wind, and we are looking at temperatures pretty much warmer this morning except for napa and concord where you still are dropping into the 30s. even at 38 santa rosa is a couple degrees warmer. san francisco 47. good morning redwood city, 48. 49 in mountain view and a mild, relatively speaking, 50 in san jose. that's five degree
this is live look from our sutro cam showing you the lights of the city. everything twinkling and sparkling, looking good. last time this week we were getting pounded by rain. nothing like that in the forecast for today. live doppler 7hd is quiet, according to our meteorologist lisa argen. >> yes. and you are becoming an expert on that too, i see. >> i can take your job. >> we are looking at changes. 57 right now at our coast as we head outside. that's half moon bay. we have...
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me that contemplating living in the city of oakland because i've seen the rapid turn around the district of columbia has had. >> for oakland this was the third homicide in just two days. john alston, abc7 news. >>> oakland police are now teaming with other law enforcement agencies and a private security company to expand patrols in high crime areas. shopping districts in monte clare, piedmont, lakeshore and other areas have seen a rise in burglaries, robbings and muggings. the understaffed police force need all the help they can get, including patrols from bay alarm companies in business and residential areas. >> we see a lot of the various alarm companies driving up and down our street where we live. >> i think it will work. very good idea. pool the resources. >> oakland police are also depending on the alameda county sheriff's office, the hp and bart police to help fight the rise in crime. >>> san jose police say last night's christmas in the park celebration was marred by the stabbing of a 14-year-old. he is in the hospital, expecting to survive cuts to his chest and arm. it's highly
me that contemplating living in the city of oakland because i've seen the rapid turn around the district of columbia has had. >> for oakland this was the third homicide in just two days. john alston, abc7 news. >>> oakland police are now teaming with other law enforcement agencies and a private security company to expand patrols in high crime areas. shopping districts in monte clare, piedmont, lakeshore and other areas have seen a rise in burglaries, robbings and muggings. the...